Data Analysis Students’ Feelings toward the English Lesson and Their Reasons

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5. Data Analysis

The Statistical Product and Service Solution SPSS was used to analyze the data acquired from the questionnaires. The main object of this analysis is to discover students‟ perception toward the use of L1 Indonesian in English classroom. The answers of the questionnaires were divided into three main theme to differentiate one from another. The first thing was to analyze the students‟ feeling toward the English lesson and their reason why they felt like that. Next was about their perceptions toward the frequent that happen often of the use of L1 when their teacher uses L1 in the lesson. The last analysis would deal with their language preference when communicating with their teacher in class and their reasons. In closed-ended question, the writer used Likert scale with a possible lowest ranking of 1 to a highest possible of 4. Because of this study is qualitative, the writer used describing method to describe the result from SPSS. C. DISCUSSIONS The main object of this analysis was to discover students‟ perception toward the use of L1 Indonesian in English classroom. There were three main themes discussed in these results. The first thing was to analyze the students‟ feeling toward the English lesson and their reasons why they felt like that. Next was about their perceptions toward the frequent that happen often of the use of L1 when their teacher uses L1 in the lesson. The last part would deal with their language preference when communicating with their teacher in English classroom. 12

1. Students’ Feelings toward the English Lesson and Their Reasons

Why They Feel Like English Lesson 1a. Students’ Feelings Toward English Lesson For each section, I will compare the results of students‟ perceptions toward the use of L1 in English classroom, starting with SMA Lab then SMA N 1 for each question. The table below shows the findings on students‟ feeling toward English in SMA Lab responses to the first question, from a possible lowest ranking of 1, to a highest possible of 4, as per the Likert scale. Table 1 Students’ feeling toward English in SMA Laboratorium UKSW Like English SMA Lab UKSW Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Dislike it very much Dislike 3 7.7 7.7 7.7 Like 28 71.8 71.8 79.5 Like it very much 8 20.5 20.5 100.0 Total 39 100.0 100.0 SMA Lab UKSW Table 1 shows that most of the students favored English. According to table 1 , 92.3 of them either „liked English‟ 71.8 or „liked English very much‟ 20.5. This shows that most of the students in SMA Laboratorium UKSW had a positive feeling toward learning English since they liked the subject. Furthermore, there were only 7.7 of the language students who disliked English in the present study because in their view English is hard to understand. 13 Then the table below shows the results of students‟ feeling in SMA N 1 like the students in SMA Lab. The respondents from SMA N 1 also showed a positive feeling toward English. Table 2 Students’ feeling toward English in SMA N 1 Salatiga Like English SMA N 1 Salatiga Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Dislike it very much Dislike 1 4.8 4.8 4.8 Like 10 47.6 47.6 52.4 Like it very much 10 47.6 47.6 100.0 Total 21 100.0 100.0 SMA N 1 Salatiga As shown above, almost all of the students in SMA N 1 either „liked‟ 47.6 or „liked English very much‟ 47.6. There was only one students from this school who answered „disliked‟ 4.8. From his response to other question stated that “ English learning is boring ” S59. Thus, almost all of the students of both schools - SMA Lab and SMA N 1 Salatiga had the same positive feeling toward learning English since they liked the subject. This could be expected since the respondents were from the Language Stream, but nevertheless this is a very positive sign. This positive finding is in line with that of Al-Nofaie 2010, in his study the Arabic students used L1 in English classes. According to him, this is because the teachers highlighted the importance of L1 in their classes. The students liked English might be English is important because the position of English as the world‟s prestigious language seems to place 14 demands on citizens to be able to communicate with people from different parts of the world Al-Nofaie,2010. In the present study, although the figures are similar, there were more students of SMA N 1 who “liked English very much” 47.6. On the other hand, SMA Lab only had 20.5 of students who had this strong positive feeling towards English. The difference of the both schools also happen in the students‟ feeling that disliked English. The students of SMA Lab had the higher feeling of „disliked English‟ 7.7 than in SMA N 1 4.8. For a more in depth analysis, the students were also asked about the reason why the students liked English and that might result would be positive and negative feeling. 1b. Students’ Reasons as To Why They Like English Table 3 Reason to like English in SMA Laboratorium UKSW Reason to Like English SMA Lab UKSW Frequency Percent Valid Because English is an International language 24 55.8 English is easy to understand 4 9.3 The lesson is fun 8 18.6 So people will consider me „cool‟‟sociable‟ 2 4.7 Not at all 5 11.6 Total 43 100.0 SMA Lab UKSW 15 The research also sought to find out about students‟ views on their reasons to like English table 3 and table 4. In SMA Laboratoriun UKSW, most of the students‟ reasons to enjoy English was because English is an international language. As many as 5.8 of students said that English is an International language. This is further supported by students‟ responses about benefit of English like “I could speak English, so I could speak with people from other parts of the world” S18. Further, about 9.3 students, as revealed in the questionnaires, stated that English is easy to understand, and 18.6 of students said the lesson is fun. Finally, 4.7 students believed that if they learn English, people would consider them to sociable. The table below is abo ut the students‟ reasons to like English in SMA N 1. Beside SMA Lab‟s students, the students from SMA N 1 also showed similar response in terms of their reason of liking English. Table 4 Reasons to like English in SMA N 1 Salatiga Reason to Like English SMA N 1 Salatiga Frequency Percent Valid Because English is an International language 14 50.0 English is easy to understand 5 17.9 The lesson is fun 8 28.6 So people will consider me “coolsociable” 1 3.6 Not at all Total 28 100.0 SMA N 1 Salatiga 16 Similar to SMA Lab‟s students, table 4 is shown that 50 of the students in SMA N 1 Salatiga believe that liked English because English is an international language. As many as 28.6 of students said they liked English because the lesson itself was fun. Some students said that learning English is easy to understand 17.9 and English also make people consider them as sociable 3.6. For a more in depth analysis, there were 4 students answered that they disliked English. These students said that they disliked English were because it was hard for them to understand English. Another reason was because learning English is boring, although many students said that English lesson is fun, they said it depended on their teacher. Students‟ responses when was asked about disliked English Q3: “ In Elementary school, I did not learn English and in Junior High School I did not understand so I disliked English” S16 “I disliked English because of my English teacher was killer” S10. From the results of both schools, the students tended to favor English because it is an International Language, which seems in the figures. It indicates that almost all of the students; it has been discussed in the previous section that English has become something required for the students Qadri, 2006 later on which might be the biggest reason why the students like English. From table 3 and table 4, the difference of them that in SMA Lab 11.6 of students had given their other reasons they liked English. However, in SMA N 1s‟ students did not give their other reasons. Although SMA Lab may seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in 17 terms of today‟s concern over that SMA Lab that private school; these students had given their reason than SMA N 1 that state school.

2. Students’ Perceptions Toward The Frequent That Happen Often